Issa Rae
JoIssa Rae Diop (born January 12, 1985), known professionally as Issa Rae, is an American actress, writer, and producer. She achieved recognition as the co-creator, co-writer, and star of the HBO comedy series Insecure (2016–2021), for which she was nominated for multiple Golden Globes Awards and Primetime Emmy Awards. Rae first garnered attention for her work on the YouTube web series Awkward Black Girl (2011–2013). Her 2015 memoir, The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl, became a New York Times bestseller. In 2020, Rae formed the production company Hoorae Media. Rae has also appeared in films, with roles in the drama The Hate U Give (2018), the fantasy comedy Little (2019), the romance The Photograph (2020), the romantic comedy The Lovebirds (2020), the comedy thriller Vengeance(2022), and the comedies Barbie and American Fiction (both 2023). She also had a voice role in the short film Hair Love (2019) and voiced Jess Drew / Spider-Woman in Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023). In 2018 and 2022, Rae was included in the annual Time 100 list of the most influential people in the world and in 2014 in the Forbes '30 Under 30' list in the entertainment section. She was recognized with the Peabody Trailblazer Award and the Producers Guild of America Visionary Award. Description above from the Wikipedia article Issa Rae, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Insecure: The End
(Self)
Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse
(Jessica Drew (voice))
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
(Jessica Drew (voice))
Barbie
(Barbie)
American Fiction
(Sintara Golden)
A Bitter Lime
(Jane Johnson)
The Hate U Give
(April Ofrah)
Little
(April Williams)
American Princess
The Lovebirds
(Leilani)
The Photograph
(Mae Eames)
Hair Love
(Natural Hair Vlogger / Mom (voice))
Perfect Strangers
Vengeance
(Eloise)
Rubberhead
(Bride 2 (segment "Absorption"))
Coastal Elites
(Callie Josephson)
Moonlight
(Rachel)
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse - Creating the Ultimate Spider-Man Movie
(Self)
Good People, Bad Things
Untitled Set It Off Remake
Escape Room
Untitled Friendship Breakup Film
Babies
Saturday Night Live
(Self - Host)
Finding Your Roots
(Self)
The Daily Show
(Self)
Desus & Mero
(Self)
Tamron Hall
(Self - Guest)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
(Self)
Young Love
(Angela Young (voice))
Hot Ones
(Self)
Project Greenlight
(Self)
Insecure
(Issa Dee)
Late Night with Seth Meyers
(Self)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
(Self)
Sherri
(Self - Guest)
The Jennifer Hudson Show
(Self)
The Kelly Clarkson Show
(Self)
Legendary
(Self - Guest Judge)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
(Self - Guest)
A Black Lady Sketch Show
(Butterfly)
A Black Lady Sketch Show
(Daffodil Dunham)
A Black Lady Sketch Show
(Jess)
A Black Lady Sketch Show
(Trina)
The View
(Self)
Desus & Mero
(Self - Illustrious Guest)
The Oscars
(Self - Presenter)
Roar
(Wanda Shepard)
#blackAF
(Issa Rae)
BoJack Horseman
(Dr. Indira (voice))
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
(Self)
The Hair Tales
(Self)
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
(Self)
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
(Self)
Hot Ones Versus
(Self)
No Taste Like Home with Antoni Porowski
(Self)
Black Mirror
(Brandy Friday)
Seen & Heard: The History of Black Television
(Self)
Juju
(Producer)
Insecure: The End
(Executive Producer)
The Photograph
(Executive Producer)
One of Them Days
(Producer)
Gray Matter
(Executive Producer)
Untitled Lupita Nyong'o/Rihanna Project
(Writer)
The Lovebirds
(Executive Producer)
Perfect Strangers
(Screenplay)
Perfect Strangers
(Producer)
Sinkhole
(Producer)
Just One
(Executive Producer)
Contours
(Executive Producer)
Good People, Bad Things
(Producer)
Untitled One of Them Days Sequel
(Producer)
Untitled Set It Off Remake
(Producer)
Untitled Friendship Breakup Film
(Producer)
Insecure
(Writer)
The Dolls
(Script)
A Black Lady Sketch Show
(Executive Producer)
Sweet Life: Los Angeles
(Executive Producer)
Rap Sh!t
(Writer)
Rap Sh!t
(Executive Producer)
Project Greenlight
(Executive Producer)
Insecure
(Executive Producer)
Seen & Heard: The History of Black Television
(Executive Producer)
Insecure
(Creator)
Rap Sh!t
(Creator)